I remember going to see this film on it's opening night in Leicester Square (*the cinema was then called Warner West End). The biggest screen, completely packed. THAT shootout scene.... man, the sound was deafening! My ears were still ringing the next day!
But seriously, HEAT is an absolute masterpiece. This was what I would call a true 'event' movie. The cast is absolutely superb - everyone gives a fantastic performance no matter how large or small the role. Michael Mann is a genius! The way he directs actors and crafts action sequences with pinpoint accuracy.
If all you have ever gorged your cinematic appetites on for most of your life is 'cg-encrusted-superhero-of -the-month' crap - NOTHING will prepare you for the true EPIC scale of HEAT. Pacino and DeNiro at the top of their game.
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Heat : The Movie & More (2 Disc Special Edition) [1995] [DVD]
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Al Pacino
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- Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Rated : Suitable for 15 years and over
- Package Dimensions : 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 83.16 Grams
- Director : Michael Mann
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 2 hours and 43 minutes
- Release date : 19 Feb. 2007
- Actors : Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight
- Dubbed: : English
- Studio : Whv
- Producers : Michael Mann
- ASIN : B000GQMLUK
- Country of origin : United Kingdom
- Writers : Michael Mann
- Number of discs : 2
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Michael Mann directs this thriller starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and policeman Vincent Hanna (Pacino), both obsessed with their professions and determined to achieve big things, find themselves caught in a cat and mouse chase as McCauley sets plans in motion for one last heist before his retirement. When Hanna gets assigned to the case of the notorious thief, he dedicates himself to making McCauley's arrest the pinnacle of his career. The all-star cast also includes Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore and Jon Voight.
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In my opinion, this is the best 'cops and robbers' movie ever made. The re-mastered edition has much unseen footage and it really adds to the overall quality of the movie. Acting is superb, especially the face-to-face meeting between DeNiro and Pacino. Also, this movie has the best street shoot-out scene I have ever watched (crime caper or otherwise)!
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the road to hell is paved with good intentions, M Mann could have done a lot better than this
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As a crime television show this might have worked had it been made by someone who had actually known what they were doing.
The original draft /1979 redone a few times and the original intentions to release this as series and no-one really interested in using the script - speaks for itself.
Mann's dream fifteen years on would have possibly turned into a great crime drama had it not been made like a bad long bond movie. He must have been completely blindfolded in the process of re-writing the script as well as making the movie.
I never believe for a second that de Niro could have been seriously excited about it and could wait to shoot the cafe dialogue scene which I think is pretty badly improvised.
Some of the factual background did not help as most of the audience would not have had a clue about the real people this was loosely based on...
One cannot avoid wondering what the aim of this movie was - whether to sympathies with violent robbers or inspire some horrendous robberies that actually occurred in the years to come in the US and elsewhere. Had de Niro and Al Pacino swapped their roles everyone would have hailed de Niro and sided with the cops.....
Amy Brenneman rightly thought this lacked any morals I think it lacked a convincing plot or acting to lean on.
The media remembered this weird film frequently enough and it was cited any time they were reporting on some violent shootouts.
I could not believe any of the characters, least the detective Hanna, who in the early script was supposed to be a cocaine junkie. this would perhaps otherwise explain the inconsistent acting and artificially churned out emotional outbursts. AL pacino is washed out and lame compared to what de niro's limited character.
Robert de Niro would have nailed the detective anywhere anytime. It seems completely calculated how he is categorised based on his previous villain roles. he is forced to play a smooth and organised criminal, cold and calculated who half way through decides to go against his rules and randomly get himself a girlfriend who he has got nothing in common with.
the final chase at the airport is as ridiculous as it can get, we somehow lost all the scenes in which Hanna miraculously tracks the main character from a completely crowded and chaotic venue while MacCAuley is previously seen climbing over a ridiculously tall hedge. The detective is following him and suddenly is within a few seconds behind him able to shoot with a shotgun as if it was a sniper's rifle.
(perhaps marines are actually superhuman in the US)
The other ex-marine and an intelligent criminal is suddenly reduced to a panicking teenager running away from his angry daddy when he heads for an open space of the airport to hide behind a few huts from behind which there is no escape.
a propos bank robberies:
Had it not been for McNab, and all the training - the shootout scene would have looked like something from a bad Bond movie. the acting is unreal and unconvincing, Val Kilmer smiles towards the crew in the car for ages while no-one shoots at him and then he will do a little Rambo act to save the situation the crew is in !?!
Mann's decision not to use soundstage was more of a gamble/stunt in my humble opinion, which partly worked out; but outside the cinema on a DVD .. this film simply does not have half of the impact. He must have known the script was lame and would have done anything to elevate it to a different league including casting de Niro against Al Pacino the wrong way round to make this whole look ridiculous.
The suspense is created mainly by not revealing much about the plans of the crew yet, most scenes are actually predictable, slowed down footage, too obvious body language changes, introduction of the outsider crew member,
The more reading you do on this the more you become aware what a great movie this could have been.
mid nineties I think were a little too late for filming a classic bank robbery - this in eighties would have stunned the audience in a way it simply could not fifteen years later. The mobiles and surveillance cannot make up for a generally weak script. - consider the intelligence acquisition and the dialogue over where the technical details and communications come from and how they are intercepted by the homeless looking guy sitting on his veranda with some mega dish in the background are laughable.
The original draft /1979 redone a few times and the original intentions to release this as series and no-one really interested in using the script - speaks for itself.
Mann's dream fifteen years on would have possibly turned into a great crime drama had it not been made like a bad long bond movie. He must have been completely blindfolded in the process of re-writing the script as well as making the movie.
I never believe for a second that de Niro could have been seriously excited about it and could wait to shoot the cafe dialogue scene which I think is pretty badly improvised.
Some of the factual background did not help as most of the audience would not have had a clue about the real people this was loosely based on...
One cannot avoid wondering what the aim of this movie was - whether to sympathies with violent robbers or inspire some horrendous robberies that actually occurred in the years to come in the US and elsewhere. Had de Niro and Al Pacino swapped their roles everyone would have hailed de Niro and sided with the cops.....
Amy Brenneman rightly thought this lacked any morals I think it lacked a convincing plot or acting to lean on.
The media remembered this weird film frequently enough and it was cited any time they were reporting on some violent shootouts.
I could not believe any of the characters, least the detective Hanna, who in the early script was supposed to be a cocaine junkie. this would perhaps otherwise explain the inconsistent acting and artificially churned out emotional outbursts. AL pacino is washed out and lame compared to what de niro's limited character.
Robert de Niro would have nailed the detective anywhere anytime. It seems completely calculated how he is categorised based on his previous villain roles. he is forced to play a smooth and organised criminal, cold and calculated who half way through decides to go against his rules and randomly get himself a girlfriend who he has got nothing in common with.
the final chase at the airport is as ridiculous as it can get, we somehow lost all the scenes in which Hanna miraculously tracks the main character from a completely crowded and chaotic venue while MacCAuley is previously seen climbing over a ridiculously tall hedge. The detective is following him and suddenly is within a few seconds behind him able to shoot with a shotgun as if it was a sniper's rifle.
(perhaps marines are actually superhuman in the US)
The other ex-marine and an intelligent criminal is suddenly reduced to a panicking teenager running away from his angry daddy when he heads for an open space of the airport to hide behind a few huts from behind which there is no escape.
a propos bank robberies:
Had it not been for McNab, and all the training - the shootout scene would have looked like something from a bad Bond movie. the acting is unreal and unconvincing, Val Kilmer smiles towards the crew in the car for ages while no-one shoots at him and then he will do a little Rambo act to save the situation the crew is in !?!
Mann's decision not to use soundstage was more of a gamble/stunt in my humble opinion, which partly worked out; but outside the cinema on a DVD .. this film simply does not have half of the impact. He must have known the script was lame and would have done anything to elevate it to a different league including casting de Niro against Al Pacino the wrong way round to make this whole look ridiculous.
The suspense is created mainly by not revealing much about the plans of the crew yet, most scenes are actually predictable, slowed down footage, too obvious body language changes, introduction of the outsider crew member,
The more reading you do on this the more you become aware what a great movie this could have been.
mid nineties I think were a little too late for filming a classic bank robbery - this in eighties would have stunned the audience in a way it simply could not fifteen years later. The mobiles and surveillance cannot make up for a generally weak script. - consider the intelligence acquisition and the dialogue over where the technical details and communications come from and how they are intercepted by the homeless looking guy sitting on his veranda with some mega dish in the background are laughable.
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Taut as a tripwire but never rigid, brutal but also moving, Heat swings and flows with a propulsive rhythm that drives the film ineluctably throughout its 2.5 hr runtime towards a well-wrought and satisfying climax. This cop film is undoubtedly one of Hollywood's finest, a serious, epic confrontation, more between men and their own drives than between "good and evil". Relationships are complex and nuanced, women have strong roles, and the theme of "family" plays a prominent part in the story. Pacino and de Niro are simply at their very best here, and to see them together and confronting each other (with a twist), is pure joy for those of us who have grown up watching them in a gazillion films. Michael Mann, thank you for your superb direction and for bringing us this unforgettable masterpiece.
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One of the good things about streaming services is catching up on great films that I never saw when they first came out. This is one of the best. It has not dated in any way and has everything. Good story with interesting twists, well filmed. The acting of course was always going to be top notch. De Niro and Pacino can't be beaten.
It is not gory despite having quite a few gun battles etc in it and never sags in the plot despite being nearly 3 hours long.
Highly recommended.
It is not gory despite having quite a few gun battles etc in it and never sags in the plot despite being nearly 3 hours long.
Highly recommended.
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I've been waiting for a remastered version of Heat for years. The original Blu-Ray transfer is now infamously bad with very poor quality audio. This version however is greatly improved and packed full of brilliant features including some new ones that weren't on the original release. That shootout scene though.... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Its quite warm in places, but it never really gets hot.
It fails so many times to turn the heat up, the excitement never really reaches the dizzy heights an avid film viewer would expect from two great actors ( De Nero / Pacino ).
The tension is somewhat slack and lacking.
It fails so many times to turn the heat up, the excitement never really reaches the dizzy heights an avid film viewer would expect from two great actors ( De Nero / Pacino ).
The tension is somewhat slack and lacking.
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